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Tue. 12/24/13 9:11am
Trouble:
practically a christmas music free zone this morning!! Lots of lateef in our opening set, to honor the passing of a creative master. yes davee i did draw that fat jay! how did you know?

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Tue. 12/24/13 9:12am
BigLankyGeordie:
Hey there boys and girls from icy, windswept little old England. Amazing start to the show with 'roots run deep' track Awesome.

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Tue. 12/24/13 9:13am
Adrian in London:
Morning and Merry C to all. Exciting times this morning: we're all trapped in our street because of the massive storm last night. Trees down, cars damaged, road impassable. I'm worried that Santa won't be able to get through...

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Tue. 12/24/13 9:16am
Stanley:
Hi Trouble
Off work today, so tuning in from a cold and windy Scotland.
Christmas-free music, eh? Keep it up, please.

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Tue. 12/24/13 9:31am
PKNY:
A friend of mine had put "Juba Juba" on a mix tape for me back in the day. Couldn't remember the name of the track, but the flute line had been running through my head since I heard of Dr. Lateef's passing. Thanks for playing!

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Tue. 12/24/13 9:33am
duke:
DJ Doug of Give the Drummer Some had nice article about Yusef Lateef a couple of years ago blog.wfmu.org...

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Tue. 12/24/13 10:05am
dale:
a troubling holiday eve to all. i wonder when the last time the EAS was activated - 9/11? never? still a nice christmas present to know that if the russians decide to bomb us we're good as long as the radio is on.

Tue. 12/24/13 10:07am
doca:
@dale: what you're talking about, dale?

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Tue. 12/24/13 10:08am
Ken From Hyde Park:
That jay does look a bit plump. He either ate lots of berries or he's cold and all fluffed up.

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Tue. 12/24/13 10:39am
Brian in UK:
Trouble, just bought some vanilla extract to make some chocolate cake with coffee icing after festivities. Too much hassle to make it from scratch. We do leave a vanilla pod in the sugar and it has a wonderful essence.

Tue. 12/24/13 10:40am
LovecraftDude888:
Have barely been on WFMU the past 3 weeks, was busy moving apts., and the work never ends, plus holidays. Trying to listen while I get ready to head out later do last minute stuff. Weather all screwed up in NY...was 71 F. Sunday now it's 31! whoohooo

Tue. 12/24/13 10:40am
bbbbbbb b b b b:
I can ask my Oma for you. She just came in from the Rhineland!

Tue. 12/24/13 10:40am
pierre:
Anything will do.
Although with the weather in Paris now, hot toddy would beat anything (that would actually still do..)

Tue. 12/24/13 10:41am
LovecraftDude888:
And I only caught 10 min. of Tom's last show Best Show cause online didn't work, had to tune in on home theater rec. and then i was disappointed it wasn't that great...just being honest, but I love Tom. I guess I expected more special guests or whatever.

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Tue. 12/24/13 10:41am
Stanley:
@ Sem Chumbo - we Scots lead the world in bollocks, if nothing else!

Tue. 12/24/13 10:42am
LovecraftDude888:
Weather totally bollocked up here. NO idea how to dress. Last two days my uniform was Bowie LOW shirt and Levis jacket...now today could be parka and gloves. no idea. My friend Margaret is in Aberdeenshire 80 miles west of the city in the hills and she sez it's snowy and cold as hell right now. Really harsh.

Tue. 12/24/13 10:44am
LovecraftDude888:
I don't even need any gifts...moved and got new big arse TV and blu ray and finished setting that up last night...hung speakers and got new BandDecker drill and went to work doing manly man things....and got it sorted. Watched some of ALIEN to test it. Stonking! Anyway happy Xmas and holidays to all..back later after I get my head together here.

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Tue. 12/24/13 10:47am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
...up here in my NewHampshuh town just over from Dartmouth, the Crows are Roosting as they do every few years it seems: masses of them cawing all hours & pooping messy smelly poop...A bit Hitchcock if you exit work in the dark evening & there's no one but you & hundered of Crows in a tree in the Church opposite...

Tue. 12/24/13 10:48am
LovecraftDude888:
I was frustrated could barely have time to connect here
the past month, I had to escape awful apt. slime complex
as I spoke of last time I was on. Oh it sucked! Now I'm in like,
a real apt. what a concept. Also watched Little Odessa as my customary ANTI CHRISTMAS film! Tim Roth fest.

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Tue. 12/24/13 10:52am
Rob W:
Lovely song by the Udaipur choral group. Katie and I are going to be in Udaipur in February! Didn't know about Christianity's presence there (especially as Rajasthan is expected to shift toward Hindu Nationalism unfortunately in upcoming Indian elections) - will have to check into that. And when we were in Buenos Aires last month we met the son of Juana Molina's manager! Trouble, you're playing a very psychic set right now (for Katie and me anyway). Although - can't think of any connection to Brian Harnetty. Wait = we're in Detroit, and it's winter! (There's even snow on the ground here.) Katie has performed with James McNew of Dump (when he was briefly in Special Pillow). But I think the chain definitely ends (ironically) at The Daisy Chain. Thanks for the channeling Trouble and Good Christmas to you and Andy and DJ Icepack and all of you dear listeners in radioland!

Tue. 12/24/13 10:53am
bbbbbbb b b b b:
I have a brother who might appreciate that sort of tradition too, actually! Any suggested resources I might relay to my dear ten year old brother to get him in the anti-christmas spirit?

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Tue. 12/24/13 10:54am
duke:
@rabbit when I worked in Albany, there was an old armory next to our building. In the winter every evening hundreds of crows would descend to the armory roof and have a crowfest. It was creepy.

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Tue. 12/24/13 10:55am
Stanley:
@Sem Chumbo - Grandfather has to keep the 'Christmas Haggis' down his underpants until midnight then he whips it out to the delight and screams of the family and then everyone runs out to the tune of Donald where's yer troosers and throws him into the loch breaking the ice beforehand, if necessary.

Tue. 12/24/13 10:55am
the glowing one:
I knew that song from somewhere... a past life maybe... before the nuclear war with the chinese

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Tue. 12/24/13 10:59am
Adrian in London:
Ooh, that threw me: this Françoise track used to be the ringtone on my old phone!

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Tue. 12/24/13 10:59am
Trouble:
hello rob and katie!!!! this song is for you! because i am her at fmu all because of you you youuuuu. merry happy!

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Tue. 12/24/13 11:03am
sugarwolf:
I found a very recent documentary about Francoise Hardy and Jacques Dutronc on YouTube. It was all in French so I only understood about 10% of it, but I think it was good.

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Tue. 12/24/13 11:31am
Ken From Hyde Park:
What luck, "The Fight Before Christmas" is available on demand for free from my cable company. Moses is about to clobber one of the bad guys right now. Our Christmas Eve tradition is to watch Bud Spencer & Terence Hill movies.

Tue. 12/24/13 11:39am
bbbbbbb b b b b:
what is this x-mas in vietnam record you were talking about earlier, trouble? i'm very curious to hear it and couldn't find it in the archives.

Tue. 12/24/13 11:58am
Peter (Seattle):
looking fwd to listening to the Loretta Lynn tune in archive! Turned the middle schoolers on to the lonesome christmas song from FMU last week in classes. They were surprised they liked them! All good energy for your creative pursuits in the new year!